E-Journals and long-term availability: an
overview and panel discussion on the archiving
infrastructure to meet the needs of users
Breakout Session Group B No. 20 – Branksome Suite
Fred Guy and Adam Rusbridge
EDINA, University of Edinburgh
UKSG 2013 Conference 8th – 10th April
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AGENDA
Monday 8th April 2013
16:00 – 16:10 Introduction and Overview
Fred Guy EDINA
16:10 – 16:20 UKLOCKSS Alliance
Adam Rusbridge EDINA
16:20 - 16:45 Panel
David Prosser RLUK
Lorraine Estelle Jisc Collections
Joanne Farrant Cambridge University
Bill Barker London School of Economics
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PRINT JOURNALS
Subscription & ownership
Cambridge UL National Library of Scotland
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E-JOURNALS
Subscriptions
Licence
Library website Hosting websites Remote access
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The ke The Keepers
The Keepers
(Archiving Agencies)

The Keepers – contributing to the Keepers Registry
National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Supporting activities
• Sponsoring reports Scoping study for a registry of
electronic journals that indicates where they are archived .
Rightscom & Loughborough University. 2008
• Encouraging discussion. JARVIG – e-Journals ARchiVing
Interest Group. Preparation of a plan with KR at the heart.
Now subject to review and costs/benefits analysis.
• Funding development. PEPRS & the Keepers Registry
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E-Journal
Archiving JARVIG DRAFT Implementation Plan 2012 - Under review
Monitor & assess the nature of
disruptive innovation Engagement & advocacy
Liaise with publishers
with funders (inc. EC)
Develop an HEI
Establish terminologies Assessment Influence governance of eJA services
- access/preservation
- publication
Framework via the Monitor & help develop governance of KR
KR
Examine sustainability issues
Work with small publishers
and learned societies
JISC Collections JISC Help to design and build an
Journal Archive International KEEPERS
Network Committee
international stakeholder
JISC IKNC community
Archival clauses & KEEPERS
Collections Registry
contractual implications
KRB Build a community around and on top
KEEPERS Registry of the KEEPERS Registry (a social media
Board layer)
EDINA
+ ISSN-IC
Work with resolvers &
Post- aggregators
cancellation
Continue to work on
entitlement Examine scalability issues for KR
R&D issues related to KR
Establish and implement kite-
marks for best practice Assess business models for KR
PECAN
technical Work together on “fire drills” and an annual
architecture confidence and benchmarking survey
UK LOCKSS
Alliance

The Keepers Registry – key facts
• Aggregation of metadata supplied by a number of archiving
agencies (7 at present)
• This metadata :
– Describes a journal (title, ISSN, publisher)
– Identifies the agency which is archiving the journal
– Provides information on which volumes of the journal
have been preserved
• The project started as PEPRS 1(August 2008 – July 2010);
Phase 2 (August 2010 – July 2012); Phase 3 October 2012 –
July 2013)
• Funded by Jisc
• ISSN International Centre, Paris, is a partner providing the
ISSN Register
• PEPRS Beta service April 2011 – September 2011
• The Keepers Registry October 2011 -
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The Keepers Registry: finding out what the keepers are doing.
eg. Portico
eg. CLOCKSS
eg. British
Library
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Search
Status codes Extent (volumes etc.) 44 Keepers

One analysis of the coverage of
subscriptions by two keepers
“Our analysis of e-journal preservation coverage indicates that
LOCKSS and Portico combine to preserve only a relatively small
percentage of the CUL’s e-journal holdings, for example, less than
15% of Cornell e-journal titles as a whole”.
Final Report of the 2CUL LOCKSS Assessment Team
Cornell University Library & Columbia University Library
Report Completed: March 2011 Public Release: October 2011 . p. 3

Gap of Dunloe, Ireland
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How to bridge the gap?
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How can the infrastructure be
sustained?
Services
Publishers Keepers Keepers
Registry

Acknowledgements
Images from Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/
•Bookshelves - jvoss
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvoss/55540713
•Cambridge University Library – Steve Cadman
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecadman/2353585565
•National Library of Scotland – Sawa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sawak/310362068
•Licence – Seattle Municipal Archives
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/6277315476/
•Telescope
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unloveable/2423303716/
•Vaults – Chris Arnold
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wka/4283285201/
•Gap of Dunloe - Chris Blanar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisblanar/470973962/
•Forth Road Bridge – Edinburgh Spotlight
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
fbid=10151629417409416&set=a.201854474415.162850.152916769415&type=1&theater
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References
1. JARVIG
Web site with link to reports of meetings and plan
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/preservation/jarvig.aspx
2. PEPRS Project website
http://edina.ac.uk/projects/peprs/index.html
3. The Keepers Registry service
http://thekeepers.org/thekeepers/keepers.asp
4. Rightscom and Loughborough University. Scoping study for a registry of
electronic journals that indicates where they are archived. Final version. January 2008
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/ejournalregstudy.pdf
5. Final report of the 2CUL LOCKSS Assessment Team Cornell University
Library Columbia University Library. Report Completed: March 2011 Public Release:
October 2011
http://2cul.org/sites/default/files/2CULLOCKSSFinalReport.pdf
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